Pincode Facts

Indian Postal department use Postal Index Number(PIN) or Pincode for post office numbering.
PIN code is a 6 digit code is used to find out delivery Post Offices in India. The PIN codes are divided in 9 zones.
The first digit represents the region. The second digits represents the sub-region , and the third digit represents the district of that region.

The first digit of PIN indicates as below:

First Digit

Region

States Covered

1

Northern

Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir

2

Northern

Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal

3

Western

Rajasthan and Gujarat

4

Western

Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh

5

Southern

Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

6

Southern

Kerala and Tamil Nadu

7

Eastern

West Bengal, Orissa and North Eastern

8

Eastern

Bihar and Jharkand

9

APS

Army Postal Service

The first 2 digits of PIN indicates as below:

First 2 Digits of PIN

Circle

11

Delhi

12 and 13

Haryana

14 to 16

Punjab

17

Himachal Pradesh

18 to 19

Jammu & Kashmir

20 to 28

Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal

30 to 34

Rajasthan

36 to 39

Gujarat

40 to 44

Maharashtra

45 to 49

Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh

50 to 53

Andhra Pradesh

56 to 59

Karnataka

60 to 64

Tamil Nadu

67 to 69

Kerala

70 to 74

West Bengal

75 to 77

Orissa

78

Assam

79

North Eastern

80 to 85

Bihar and Jharkand

90 to 99

Army Postal Service (APS)

-

Last updated on: May, 31 2020

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